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Showing 1 to 20 of 95 for “"smile"”.
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Overbite Correction and Smile Esthetics
… bite plate and to assess their influence on smile esthetics. Pre-treatment and post-overbite correction records were gathered from 40 patients with deep overbite malocclusions at the Virginia Commonwealth University orthodontic clinic. Intrusion arch patients displayed significant reductions …
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Overbite Correction and Smile Esthetics
… group. Both groups experienced flattening of the smile arc in agreement with previous studies showing similar changes in orthodontically treated individuals.
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Overbite Correction and Smile Esthetics
Achievement of optimum smile esthetics during orthodontic treatment has recently been the focus of several published articles in the orthodontic literature. Authors speculate that overbite correction, specifically maxillary incisor intrusion, will lead to flattening of the smile arc and …
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The Ancient Art of Smile-Making
… irrational companionship. “The Ancient Art of Smile-Making,” “A Well Meaning Marionette,” “The Peacock Cloister,” and “In the Garden, Swallowing Pearls” are essentially about this innate need for company. “Murdered in a Good Dress” and “Myrtle Slog” illustrate the homesickness experienced by …
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Influence of Bracket System on Smile Esthetics
… laypeople and 60 orthodontists), who rated each smile from 1 (least esthetic) to 10 (most esthetic). RESULTS: Statistical analysis showed participants rated the Pitts™ system higher than MBT™ and Damon™ (P < .001). Female cases received higher scores than males. Among females, Damon™ and MBT™ …
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The volatility smile of Canadian index options : estimations and tests
This paper investigates the volatility smile in the Canadian Context with the TSE-60 index and the options on this underlying asset for the period between November 5, 1999 and February 14, 2001. Evidence of the existence of a Canadian volatility smile is provided. A possible reason for the …
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"Smile and Carry On:" Canadian Cavalry on the Western Front, 1914-1918
Although the First World War has been characterized as a formative event in Canadian History, little attention has been paid to a neglected and often forgotten arm of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the Cavalry. The vast majority of Great War historians have ignored the presence of mounted troops …
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When Apsaras smile: women and development in Cambodia 1990-2000, cultural barriers to change
Due to a range of historical reasons, relatively few academic studies of Cambodian society and culture in relation to women have been available to inform researchers and Western aid workers. To assist in filling this gap, this thesis analyses Western understandings of the application of Women and …
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The secret smile: Mirth and humor in the tales and sketches of Nathaniel Hawthorne
To declare that Nathaniel Hawthorne is not known for humor would be a conspicuous understatement, for literary criticism has assigned to him the role of a melancholy, reclusive descendant of Puritans who explores and expounds the evil that lurks in the heart of man. In spite of this grave …
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Smile More: A Subcultural Analysis of the Anchor/Consultant Relationship in Local Television News Operations
The problem: Few television stations in the United States remain untouched by the influence of news consultants. To become a news anchor for a local television station, a journalist is likely to receive specialized training from these consultants. The author will analyze the relationship between …
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Self-ligating vs. Conventional ligating orthodontic bracket systems (smile aesthetics perspective): Data from randomised clinical trials
… dental treatment is the achievement of balanced smile aesthetics, as patients increasingly attend dental clinics to improve their appearance. The main aim of the present study was to assess and compare the smile aesthetics created by the use of two orthodontic bracket systems (self-ligating vs. …
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Television as cosmopolitan education: a comparative case study of Face Me and Smile and Modern Family
… series. Through the analysis of Face Me and Smile (2010), a family drama produced in Republic of Korea, Modern Family (2009), an American situation comedy, and this study shows how television creates aesthetic experience in its distinctive way and how such experience can promote …
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Magnitude and reproducibility of smiling in 12-year-old Caucasian children in the Republic of Ireland: a comparison of Class I and Class II malocclusions
… reproducibility of the rest position to posed smile and the rest position to maximal smile. • To determine if gender influences the magnitude, the immediate intra-session and the short-term inter-session reproducibility of the rest position to posed smile and the rest position to maximal smile. …
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF EXTRACTION ON THE SMILE IN CLASS II HIGH AND LOW MANDIBULAR PLANE ANGLE PATIENTS
… focused on how extractions change a patients smile. With the advent of surface imaging systems such as 3dMD, it is now possible to visualize the smile, and any changes incurred during orthodontic treatment, in three dimensions. Subjects for this study were chosen from the pool of 11-18 year …
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ADIABATIC CONDITIONS FOR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
… (PDF) of financial returns implied by volatility smile and we study the relation between the decay of its tails and the fitting parameters of the smile. We show that, considering a scaling law derived from data, it is possible to get a new fitting procedure of the volatility smile that considers …
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The immediate effects of aligners and aesthetic fixed appliances on smiling and perceptions in young adults
… magnitude of rest to natural and rest to maximal smile • To evaluate, in young adults, the immediate effect of CAs and AFAs on intra-session reproducibility of rest to natural and rest to maximal smile • To evaluate, in young adults, the immediate perception of CAs and AFAs MATERIALS AND METHODS …
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I see you smile, you must be happy! Social-emotional gains and usability evaluation of the new training tool E.V.A.: A pilot study
Emotions are a complex concept and they are present in our everyday life. Persons on the autism spectrum are said to have difficulties in social interactions, showing deficits in emotion recognition in comparison to neurotypically developed persons. But social-emotional skills are believed to be …
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Transitioning Adolescents with Type I Diabetes to Adult Care
… if the use of a diabetes transition program, SMILE (Self-Management In Living Everyday), improves glycemic control in adolescents with type I diabetes mellitus (TIDM). The aims of the study were to examine 1) pre and post scores in diabetes knowledge, diabetes distress, and glycemic among a …
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The computational face for facial emotion analysis: Computer based emotion analysis from the face
… - using only the dynamic characteristics of the smile expressions. Further, we present a statistical model for analysing the relationship between facial features and Duchenne (real) and non-Duchenne (posed) smiles. Thus, we identify that the expressions in the eyes contain discriminating features …
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